‘Teen Wolf’ Star Tyler Hoechlin Says Derek Has ‘Evolved’ After Having a Son: ‘He’s Changed’ In New Movie
21.07.2022 - 20:27
/ usmagazine.com
Playing both sides. Tyler Hoechlin has settled into his part as kind superhero Clark Kent on the CW’s Superman & Lois, but amid filming the second season, he got to reprise his role as the dark and mysterious Derek Hale in Teen Wolf: The Movie.
“It was interesting,” the Can You Keep a Secret? star, 34 exclusively told Us Weekly on the CW Upfronts red carpet of filming projects with such different characters concurrently.
Hoechlin continued, “He’s evolved a little bit. He’s changed.”
The last time Derek “evolved” was in Teen Wolf season 4 when he learned how to become a full wolf (meaning Hoechlin got to avoid prosthetics because an actual animal played the werewolf on the MTV show). However, that’s not quite what the 7th Heaven alum means this time.
Derek and Clark now have something in common — fatherhood. “I’m racking up the fake sons right now. I really am,” the actor quipped.
Since fans last saw the brooding bad boy in Beacon Hills in the 2017 series finale, Derek started a family, and Paramount+’s Teen Wolf: The Movie will introduce Eli Hale (Vince Mattis), his 15-year-old son.
“He’s a dad now as well. So that was interesting and fun to play a dad as a different character — things I’m allowed to do there that I’m not allowed to do necessarily with Clark because of who he is and what he really is kind of at his core,” Hoechlin teased. “So that was really fun.”
The California native also enjoyed working opposite his newest onscreen son, calling Mattis “a great young actor.” He added that his new costar was “phenomenal, very prepared professional and a great kid. We were lucky to have him.”
He added that he gets along well with Jordan Elsass and Alexander Garfin, who portray Superman’s sons Jonathan and Jordan, respectively.
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